stevemc Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Has a Base Skin been released for FM16 so we can add backgrounds into the game? Or is there another way of getting backgrounds to show on the standard FM skin? Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Anyone know if there is anyway I can go about creating the Base Skin myself so I can crack on? I'm not interested in skins, just like the FM default skin but with backgrounds showing through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdsoul Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Download the resource archiver and extract with that, guide are in the stickys at the top. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Thank you for the information, Ill give that a go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdsoul Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Thank you for the information, Ill give that a go No worries, i would expect Mike to post a full base download by the end of the day if not tomo at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 If that's the case, I'll hold off, but just out of curiosity I might give it go, just to see if I can actually do it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Base Skin will be up over the weekend, depending on what needs to be changed a background one might follow. If you want to create your own one have a look at the guides in this post: http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/411706-Skinning-Modding-and-Graphics-Bible-Football-Manager-2015-Version?p=10031156&viewfull=1#post10031156 they are for fm15 but the information should be roughly the same in fm16. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkdsoul Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 If that's the case, I'll hold off, but just out of curiosity I might give it go, just to see if I can actually do it That was how i started, built a full skin in the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Managed to extract the skins.fmf folder, but something doesn't add up, so I think I'll leave this to Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Base Skin will be up over the weekend, depending on what needs to be changed a background one might follow. Doesn't the base skin allow you to show transparent backgrounds, or do you have to create that alternative version too? I'm sure last year I just downloaded the DARK BASE SKIN 2015 and the background shots appeared through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Depends sometimes the graphics in the default skins are transparent other years they are solid which means they need editing as the background will be showing but is covered by the various box graphics so you cannot see it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Yeah I remember FM14 being a particular nightmare for that. OK I'll keep my eyes out for your updates Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Struggling with this. I've extracted, and followed the guide in the sticky, via the Resource Archiver, but any skin I add doesn't even show in the preferences for me to select... I must be extracted/collecting the wrong files. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 OK, I don't know how, but I think I've done it, but can't you have the stadium backgrounds also show through on these two screens? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 No I think that screen is linked to the competition so it might be possible to get a competition background to appear but not a stadium one. (Though I think last year those screens would only accept the default background as the id they were linked to was the generic one). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Interesting, would be great to get a competition background on there, might be worth a root around! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 Here's where I got to last night with the transparent backgrounds, pretty impressed I managed to do it following the michaeltmurrayuk guides. I see he's released the base skins over night too, great work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. president Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Here's where I got to last night with the transparent backgrounds, pretty impressed I managed to do it following the michaeltmurrayuk guides. I see he's released the base skins over night too, great work! Which skin are you using? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
priisek Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 how do u turn off the backgrounds so u just have the same background, rather than it changing all the time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 Which skin are you using? The base skin with the two transparent boxes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlcole Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 So simply download the base skin then place my backgrounds folder in same place as last year and all will work fine?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemc Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 So simply download the base skin then place my backgrounds folder in same place as last year and all will work fine?? No. You download the Base Skin from here: http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/441845-FM16-SKIN-Football-Manager-2016-Base-Skins Then edit the two paper.png files in here to change the transparency (think I did 70%): Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 how do u turn off the backgrounds so u just have the same background, rather than it changing all the time? Backgrounds only change if you download a third party background pack, if you don't want the background images any longer just delete the pack you installed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson156 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 No.You download the Base Skin from here: http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/441845-FM16-SKIN-Football-Manager-2016-Base-Skins Then edit the two paper.png files in here to change the transparency (think I did 70%): Thanks for pointing out which files to edit. As I don't have photoshop or anything like that is there anyway that you can upload your versions of these 2 files or at least recommend a program to use that is preferably free. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavo01 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 or at least recommend a program to use that is preferably free. GIMP is free. You can download it directly from their website Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeltmurrayuk Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Paint.net is free aswell and might be a bit more user friendly, there is a guide here you can follow: [FM15 Guide] How To Increase Transparency of Screens Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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